attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent, collateral
(adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence; “an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems”; “snags incidental to the changeover in management”; “attendant circumstances”; “the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness”; “the ensuant response to his appeal”; “the resultant savings were considerable”; “collateral target damage from a bombing run”
collateral, indirect
(adjective) descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; “cousins are collateral relatives”; “an indirect descendant of the Stuarts”
collateral
(adjective) situated or running side by side; “collateral ridges of mountains”
collateral
(adjective) additional but secondary; auxiliary;
collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
(adjective) serving to support or corroborate; “collateral evidence”
collateral
(noun) a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
Source: WordNet® 3.1
collateral (not comparable)
Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
Synonyms: tangential, subordinate, ancillary
(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
(finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
(finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
Coming or directed along the side.
Acting in an indirect way.
(biology, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
collateral (countable and uncountable, plural collaterals)
(finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
Synonym: pledge
(now rare, genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.
(anatomy) A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
(anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
(archaic) A contemporary or rival.
Source: Wiktionary
Col*lat"er*al, a. Etym: [LL. collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral. See Lateral.]
1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. "Collateral light." Shak.
2. Acting in an indirect way. If by direct or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in satisfaction. Shak.
3. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues. That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, . . . is true. Macaulay.
4. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence. Yet the attempt may give Collateral interest to this homely tale. Wordsworth.
5. (Genealogy)
Definition: Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.
Note: Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather. Blackstone.
Collateral assurance, that which is made, over and above the deed itself.
– Collateral circulation (Med. & Physiol.), circulation established through indirect or subordinate branches when the supply through the main vessel is obstructed.
– Collateral issue. (Law) (a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of the case. (b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon, diversity of person, etc. (c) A point raised, on cross- examination, aside from the issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be contradicted by the party asking the question.
– Collateral security, security for the performance of covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal security,
Col*lat"er*al, n.
1. A collateral relative. Ayliffe.
2. Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 January 2025
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
